The Silent Cherry And Plum Blossoms

"What did you say? Are you going abroad?"

"...Yes, keep your voice down, don't look at me like this, it's your turn to take care of the child."

"...What should we do? We never had this agreement, okay? Your family took the child away and gave her the surname Tao."

"It's not because of your powerful parents and you! Now that my father is gone, let me tell you, it's your responsibility now!"

"Hmph, I'm irresponsible? It's like you raised that child, and you will only push it to your father. Now that your father is dead, you can't wait to get rid of this burden..."

"Keep your voice down..."

The voice outside the door fluctuated, like a spring, which could be suppressed when it was high, and bounced up again after it was low.And it's getting sharper and sharper, and it's impossible not to hear it.

The house Tao Zhenzhen lives in is an old community with only one bedroom and one living room. It is clean and elegant, with floral curtains, hand-woven cotton carpets, and carefully prepared small potted plants.There is a warm atmosphere everywhere.

Tao Anzhi was alone in the bedroom, and the two adults outside thought that with the door closed, they could discuss her future without any scruples in the living room.

Tao Anzhi thought: If only I couldn't understand so many words.

Sitting and sitting, she felt a little hot. In fact, the clothes Tao Zhenzhen bought for her were not easy to wear at all. The sleeves and skirt were too long, but the neckline was too tight.She knew there was a white remote control, and when she pressed the "air conditioner" thing on the wall, it would turn and the room would be cool.

But it seems to be in the living room.

Tao Anzhi thought: If she just walked out like this, would the two people in the living room stop arguing?

They're nice to look at, but their voices are awful.

She has no impression of her parents and doesn't have much idea, but the aunt of the neighbor in the village, nagging her children, saying that she doesn't have enough clothes and eats too little.The parents on the high-speed train would softly comfort their motion-sick child.

Their faces to the children are very natural and real.So is the sound.

"Grandpa."

Tao Anzhi yelled into the air in a low voice.

She lowered her neck, touched the little rabbit's schoolbag on her lap, and touched the little rabbit's long ears.

Will she be like Alice in the fairy tale, will the little bunny jump up and carry her into the hollow tree.

Is she going to be very small?If she could, she would hide in and never come out again.

It's useless to hide, the two people outside seem to have torn their skins apart.

"My parents have been teaching and educating people all their lives, and every penny they earn is innocent. It's not like your family, Chen Muqi. Do you need me to remind you that three generations of your family have been digging coal? How much money have you earned? If I can find a way , let Anzhi follow you?"

"Yes, yes, you are from a scholarly family, that child should follow you. How can a black-hearted family like mine raise a child?"

"Chen Muqi, are you a man, you want me to give up my future? I'm not like you, I only have myself..." Tao Zhenzhen has already started to cry.

Chen Muqi's voice was helpless: "...It's not that I don't want to, Zhenzhen...I already have a girlfriend..." Then he said:

"How about... send it to..."

The voice gradually lowered.

Tao Anzhi suddenly covered his ears, his tiny shoulders trembling.I just feel that the room is getting hotter and hotter, and the neckline is getting tighter and tighter. It's so stuffy that it makes people panic and want to scream loudly.

Instead of calling out, the doorbell rang.

Then she heard a soft and clear voice: "Zhenzhen, you didn't answer my call. The documents that the students who got the quota to go abroad in the courtyard have to fill in have been sent to the dormitory..."

"...Thank you, Yan Qi."

They started chatting softly, and Tao Zhenzhen left school for a few days, afraid of missing some important announcements.

Tao Anzhi was attracted by this voice, she walked over and secretly opened a crack in the door.It was a tall woman, wearing a white shirt, navy blue jeans, and flat shoes.

With his back to her, he was talking to Tao Zhenzhen, vaguely using words like "huzhao" and "qianzheng" that she didn't understand.

Her voice is beautiful.Like last summer, my grandfather took her to go fishing in the valley in the mountains, and the clear spring water gurgled through the rocks, making a sound of lingering.

Chen Muqi next to them interrupted them impatiently: "Hey, don't be too busy, tell me exactly what the child wants to do? Don't think about leaving like this."

Tao Zhenzhen paused, and turned around to scold him: "I wasn't the one who walked away back then..."

The two are young and energetic, not yet ready to be parents, and they hate each other. They use their children as sharp weapons to stab each other, and they don't spare any sympathy.

Chen Muqi said awkwardly: "Can you show some face? Please wait until your classmate leaves?"

"What's wrong with me? The whole university knows that I met a heartbreaker, gave birth to a girl out of wedlock, and took a year off from school... If it wasn't for me, I could have graduated last year..."

Chen Muqi was completely irritated by her tone of innocence, and said the most hurtful words to a woman: "I didn't force you to sleep with me!..."

This thorn saw blood and flesh, Tao Zhenzhen's lips turned white all of a sudden, and he was trembling for a long time, unable to speak.

Chen Muqi knew it was over when he said it, but he didn't want to apologize, so he simply sat aside.Sulk.

The room was quiet again, Tao Anzhi had time to catch his breath when he heard the woman in the white shirt say, "Zhenzhen, I'm leaving first."

Then she turned around, just in time to see Tao Anzhi who opened a crack in the door.

Many years later, whenever Tao Anzhi recalled this place, he would be very thankful that she opened the door that year.

Later, after she had a certain understanding of Yan Qileo's character, she guessed that of course she really wanted to leave, because she was such a well-mannered person who cared about other people's privacy.

An Zhi clearly remembered that when she turned around, she had a plain face without makeup, and her vocabulary at that time could not fully describe how good-looking she was.

When she saw her facing him, she frowned slightly, turned her face and said, "The child is still in the room, why are you arguing like this?"

Then she walked towards herself, squatted down in front of her, her clear eyes filled with a gentle smile: "Hello."

Then she said, "My name is Yan Qi. I'm your mother's friend. What's your name?"

Tao Anzhi thought: Someone finally noticed that she was a child, and not only regarded her as a child.

Tao Anzhi said, "Anzhi, Tao Anzhi."

While thinking about how to write Yanxi?which yan which xi

The eyes of the woman in front of her were softer, a smile appeared on her lips, and her voice was clear and pleasant: "What a good name."

She turned her face slightly, and said, "Zhenzhen, I'll take Anzhi down to get some ventilation, it's too hot here." Because the angle was a little off, the sunlight in the living room was bright, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly, as if they were fluffy , very good touch touch.

Then she turned her head, stretched out a white and narrow hand to Tao Anzhi, took hers, and walked out just like that.

Tao Anzhi was stunned for a long time, looked at the hand being held for a long time, and then turned to look at the closed door, so she didn't have to hear all the quarrels anymore.

Is it all because of this person named Yanxi in front of me?She looked up to see her, so tall.From this angle, you can see her jade-white jawline.

Suddenly she lowered her head and smiled at her, and said, "Do you want to press the elevator?"

Tao Anzhi stared at her blankly, then nodded blankly.When she first came here, she was indeed curious about the iron gate, but she didn't dare to speak to Tao Zhenzhen.They didn't go downstairs again for the next two days, and all they ate were takeaways.

"Go and press the down arrow..." The woman let go of her hand.

Tao Anzhi walked to the elevator door, looked at the two arrows, and then at her. The woman smiled slightly. She turned her head to think about it, stood on tiptoe, and pressed the key.

The red letter next to the key was flashing, and a faint roar could be heard.After a while, with a ding, the shiny iron door opened.

Tao Anzhi's small face lit up all of a sudden, his small mouth opened slightly, and he let out a soft "wow".

After entering the elevator, Tao Anzhi pressed the button for the first floor. The elevator rumbled and his body felt like he was falling.Her hand was held by the woman again, Tao Anzhi was very happy, and lowered his head shyly.The hand that wrapped her was warm and delicate, very comfortable.

Leading her to walk slowly step by step.The footsteps were soft.

Tao Anzhi was secretly dazed, suddenly wondering if this person is my mother?

Tao Zhenzhen rented an old-fashioned community, which was remodeled from a former compound. The environment is quiet and full of fireworks.There are several old trees downstairs, and there are tables and chairs made of marble under the old trees to enjoy the shade.

Tao Anzhi and Yan Qi, one big and one small, sat on the chairs, and Anzhi was holding the crispy ice cream she bought.The ice cream is in the shape of a fish, with a layer of black hazelnut chocolate on the outside, which is crunchy when you bite into it, and the filling is white and milky, which is more icy and softer.

Tao Anzhi ate very happily.

"Is it delicious?" Yan Qi asked her.She had a bottle of mineral water in her hand, twisted it away, raised her head slightly, and Yubai's neck moved, swallowing a mouthful of water.

She gnawed off a big corner of the crispy ice cream in Tao Anzhi's hand, and she just took a new bite and put it in her mouth. When she heard this, her mouth puffed up, and she nodded her head vigorously.

The temperature in the mouth melted the ice cream, the warm and icy strange feeling was so good, Tao Anzhi couldn't help but took another bite.

Suddenly, that narrow hand held some tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth.When he got close, he saw the slender fingers, and even the bent knuckles were moist and smooth.

"How old are you? Four?"

……

Tao Anzhi lowered his head, a little depressed and said: "...six years old."

After finishing speaking, she was a little awkward, took the sticks and paper towels left over from eating the ice cream, walked a few steps, and threw them into the trash can.

Walking back and looking at the woman in front of her, she seemed to see her little awkwardness, smiled lightly, raised her hand and patted her head lightly.

Tao Anzhi was so shy after being photographed by her that he even wanted to rub his face against her hand.

How good is this person really her mother?

But her surname is Yan, the second voice, salt?Yan?Word?

xi, the first sound, west?interest?brook?

... It's gone, I can't think of any more words.

She knew so few characters that she didn't even know how to write these two characters.

She went to see her secretly, just at this time a breeze was blowing, blowing a few strands of hair on her sideburns.Then she smelled a vague fragrance in the air.

It smells good.

The woman noticed that she was looking at her again, turned her head and smiled at herself, twisted open the mineral water bottle, and drank water.

After a while, something seemed to ring in her trouser pocket, she took out a white "small square", Tao Anzhi blinked, this should be what adults call a "mobile phone".

Maybe someone is looking for her, is she leaving?

An Zhi suddenly felt very reluctant, and looked at her eagerly.

The woman put the phone down and put it back in her pocket.

Seeing that she didn't get up after a while, An Zhi suddenly understood.

She is with her.

They are also one big and one small, each occupying a stone chair.No conversation.

An Zhi thought maybe she wasn't a talkative person, maybe she didn't know what to talk to a child of her own.

Human feeling is really a wonderful thing, little Tao Anzhi thought.She spent these days in fear, fear, and anxiety, but she couldn't show it yet.Because she knows her mom doesn't like her.

And now, she feels safe next to a stranger whose name she can't even spell.She even ate the ice cream this strange woman bought her.

Because she took the initiative to hold her hand.

The early autumn wind was still a bit hot, but for some reason, An Zhi's heart suddenly calmed down.